Table 1

Background characteristics of the population included.

	Non-immigrants		Second generation		Arrival <5 years		Arrival 5–9 years		Arrival ≥10 years
	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent
Sex of child
Boys	475 250	51	35 975	51	9099	50	8629	51	7343	52
Girls	450 794	49	34 309	49	8975	50	8217	49	6791	48
Age in years
0–1	91 127	10	12 657	18	1202	7	0	0	0	0
2–4	135 071	15	15 201	22	5102	28	0	0	0	0
5–9	233 934	25	19 678	28	5579	31	6027	36	0	0
10–18	465 912	50	22 748	32	6191	34	10 819	64	14 134	100
Area of origin
Asia, Africa and Latin America			54 519	78	9041	50	9913	59	8533	60
North America and Oceania			179	0	261	1	206	1	180	1
Nordic countries			2123	3	1399	8	877	5	486	3
Norway	926 044	100
Western Europe			2232	3	1961	11	1529	9	1290	9
Eastern Europe			11 231	16	5412	30	4321	26	3645	26
World bank income category
Norway-HIC	926 044	100
HIC			9805	14	6945	38	5861	35	5073	36
MIC			49 375	70	7737	43	6908	41	5313	38
LIC			11 057	16	3377	19	4065	24	3735	26

Categories of immigration are grouped depending on age of arrival.
HIC, higher-income country; LIC, lower-income country; MIC, middle-income country.